| Description |
xi, 267 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm |
| Note |
"Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Mass., June 22-Oct. 19, 2008" -- T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-259) and index. |
| Contents |
Painting softly : an introduction / Marc Simpson -- Whistler, modernism, and the creative afflatus / Marc Simpson -- George Inness, softness, and the vapor barrier / Leo G. Mazow -- True illusions in soft paintings / Cody Hartley -- Materials for immateriality / Joyce Hill Stoner -- Plates -- The ''inaction painters" and their moment / Michael J. Lewis -- Reflections on "The color of mood" / Wanda M. Corn -- Appendix : The color of mood : American tonalism, 1880-1910. |
| Subject |
Painting, American -- 19th century -- Exhibitions.
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Painting, American -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
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Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903 -- Exhibitions.
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Inness, George, 1825-1894 -- Exhibitions.
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| Added Author |
Simpson, Marc.
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Corn, Wanda M.
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Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute.
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| ISBN |
9780931102783 hardcover Clark alkaline paper |
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0931102782 hardcover Clark alkaline paper |
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9780931102769 paperback Clark alkaline paper |
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0931102766 paperback Clark alkaline paper |
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9780300134063 hardcover Yale alkaline paper |
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0300134061 hardcover Yale alkaline paper |
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